GH020
Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Forest Francolin Peliperdix lathami LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-headed Wood-dove Turtur brehmeri LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus LC resident (2000) present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident (2000) present A3
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident (2000) present A3
Eastern Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus granti LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Forest Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus castaneiceps LC resident (2000) present A3
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster LC resident (2000) present A3
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia LC resident (2000) present A3
Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus LC resident (2000) present A3
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta LC resident (2000) present A3
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus LC resident (2000) present A3
Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus EN resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus LC resident (2000) present A3
West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora LC resident (2000) present A3
Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident (2000) present A3
Dusky Crested-flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Nicator Nicator chloris LC resident (2000) present A3
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii NT resident (2000) present A2, A3
White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius NT resident (1999) present A1, A2, A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident (2000) present A3
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator LC resident (2000) present A3
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex LC resident (2000) present A3
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris LC resident (2000) present A3
Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus VU resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus LC resident (2000) present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident (2000) present A3
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens LC resident (2000) present A3
Black-capped Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri LC resident (2000) present A3
Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda NT resident (2000) present A1, A2, A3
White-tailed Ant-thrush Neocossyphus poensis LC resident (2000) present A3
Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush Stizorhina finschi LC resident (2000) present A3
White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC resident (2000) present A3
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini LC resident (2000) present A3
African Forest-flycatcher Fraseria ocreata LC resident (2000) present A3
Orange-breasted Forest-robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax LC resident (2000) present A3
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti LC resident (2000) present A3
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor LC resident (2000) present A3
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens LC resident (2000) present A3
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis LC resident (2000) present A3
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus LC resident (2000) present A3

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 92
Unknown 5
Artificial/Terrestrial 2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
hunting -
water management -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tano-Anwia Forest Reserve (Ghana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tano-anwia-forest-reserve-iba-ghana on 23/12/2024.